Coring-machine



. M. 0. DE SIMONE.

CORING MACHINE.

APPLICATION 'FILED MAR. l2, 1920.

1,382,632. v Patnted June 28,1921;

"UNITED STATES-PATENT OFFICE.

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1, 8 i r I 'sp'ecification' o f Letters Patent Patented J gs" 192 1 7 gApplication'filed Mai-ch42, 1920'.v Serial'No.-365,161;

To all. whomit may concern: ject-s the hollowshaft' t), at the outer end of iBG: it known that T,.hl1o11nnn G. us which is removablyvsecured the operating SIMONE, a citizen of the United States rehandle 10, as by means of the setscrew 11.. .sidingf at, Staten Island, county, of Ti1Cl1-.OI1 the inner end of the hollow h ft 9 i mond, State of New York, have; invented fixedthe stop plate 12, as by the rivet-s20 6O 7,

certain new and useful. Improvements in passing through the stop plate 12 and the CoringTMachines, of which the following is circular. flange 13 of the hollow shaft 9.

a specification. l The coring member leis preferably re- This; invention relates to coring machines; movablysecuried to its shaft 9, as by pro- More particularly, the invention relates to .viding the oppositely disposed set nuts 1e, 65. a. machine for coring. and paring apples, 1 1, tapped through the hollow shaft 9 and pears and other fruits, vegetables 1 and thecoactingwith the bayonet grooves 15, re like, comprising. severing and paringmeans s'pectively. i andcommon-means for rotating the same. "The part'cular coring member shown in 15 In the more preferred forms of: the in- Fig.1-comprisesthe oppositely disposedsev- 7O vention,. the severing meansv is rotatably ering.jaws'l6,.l1avi1ig suitably sharpened latmoimted in a suitable supporting bearing, eral cutting edges, as will be understood. such severing means being hollow, a hollow In Fig. 5 I have shown another form ofshaft for such severing means and serving. coring member 17- having a single cutting 20 to discharge the cored portion, a handle for edge 18,v the opposite edges of which are 75 rotating the severing means and the paring similarly sharpened for severing the pormeans. Preferably, the core is provided tion-of the article to be cored with a stop plate and the paring means is The paring means in the specific embodimounted on such stop plate. The coring ment shown in the drawings is directly commember is preferably disconnectibly securec bined with the stop plate 12, as indicated in S0 to its shaft, to permit replacement of the Figs. 3 and 4, as by slotting the plate 12 at coring member or substitution of other de 19 and upturning the portion 21 of the plate i d f f i g ber, 12 and sharpening the same to form a paring Further features and objects of the in cutter. p

vention will be more fully understood from In Fig. 1, I have indicated at 22 an apple 85 the following description and the acconiwhich has been partially cored by the coranying drawi s, i hi h ving member 14 and upon-further manual Figure 1 is a side elevation, part-lyinverpressure on the apple while rotating the tical sectional elevational view. of one form handle 10, the apple will be brought against of coring machine; the stop plate 12, during which latter stage 90 r Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; the paring cutter 21, upon continued rota- Fi 3 is a detail side view of the comvtion of the'shaft9, paresthe portion of the bineg top plate and. paring means; peeling, indicated at 23, I. In Fig. 1 is a sectional view on line 1-l 4:, I have shown a portion of the apple 22 40 of Fig. 3011 an enlarged scale; and v in its finally cored and pared position, the 95 Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a modified pared portion of the apple 22 being indicated form of coring element. at 23.

Referring to Figs. 1 to at, inclusive, the The cored portion of the apple progresses coring device comprises the bracket 1 prothrough the interior of the coring member vided with the upper fixed clamping mem- 1 1, and thence through the interior 24 of 100 her 2, and lower adjustable clamping memthe hollow shaft 9. Upon withdrawing the 7 her 3, shown as a lug movably mount-ed on Cored apple from the coring machine, the the free end-of the screw 1 in threaded 'remachine is now ready for coring a second lation with the fixed lug 5 of the bracket apple, the coring and paring operation. being 1, such screw 1 being provided with the mathe same as hereinabove described, the cored nipulating winged head 6 whereby the portion of such second apple operating to bracket 1 may be clamped to the edge of a progress the cored portion of the first apple table 7, or equivalent. fully through'the interior 2 1 of the hollow At the upper portion of the bracket 1 is shaft 9. The operation is similarly repeated provided the bearing 8 through which profor succeeding apples. The paring-severed the machine to the tions may be made cutter 21 falls'exteriorly of table 7, or into any suitable receptacle asmay be'provided.

It Will be further apparent that the variby the paring ou's parts of my corlng machine may be readily disassembled and scoured to thoroughly cleanse the same.

Whereas I have described my invention by reference to specific forms thereof, it will be understood that many changes and modificawithout departing from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims. 7

I claim.

1.1 A coring machine comprising a hollow stop plate.

hollow shaft, the interior of said hollow coring member, means for securing said hollow vcoring member to'said hollow cormg member communicating with the interior of said hollow shaft for the discharge of the removably v core therethrough, a stop plate carried by said Y hollow shaft, said stop plate being provided with a paring opening for the dischargeof the paring and paring means'secured to said stop plate adjacent said paring discharge opening. 7 Y

-3. A coring machine comprising a bracket, 1

adjustable means for a hollow shaft mounted in said bracket, a

securing said bracket,

handle for said hollow shaft, a'stop plate mounted on said shaft, a hollow coring mem-v ber, means for removably'securing said 1101- low coringmember to said hollow shaft,the interior of said hollow coring member" communicatin with the interior of said hollow a paring cutter secured to saidshaft, an

' In testimony whereof I have signed this specification this 5th day of March 1920;

- 50 MICHELE G. DE SIMONE. i 

